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Sequoia Preteen Camp Running
June 22, 2023
It was a beautiful day here in the Sierra Nevada mountains as Sequoia preteen camp began. We have 45 enthusiastic campers and staff enjoying the cool springlike weather. We have 100 percent sunshine with the temperatures in the 60s to 70s during the day and the 40s to 50s in the evenings. With the temperature being 41degrees this morning, we lit a fire in the dining room fireplace for the first time in 12...
Lone Star Camp Start Announcement
June 12, 2023
The CYC camp season has begun! Lone Star preteen camp got off to a great start on Sunday, June 11, with 208 enthusiastic campers and staff. Everyone is enjoying a wonderful camp environment with swimming, canoeing, fishing, singing, ziplining and blobbing. It’s partly sunny, with highs in the mid-90s. The camp theme—“Mapping Your Future”—is being talked about in the dorms,...
Winter Camp Begins
December 27, 2022
While Winter Family Weekend comes to an end today, Winter Camp began yesterday. There was some concern since a few flights were delayed, but in the end, all but one of the campers who were flying in made it. The one who did not arrive had a flight canceled on him and was not able to get another flight.
Winter Camp is a little smaller this year, but there is a lot of snow on the ground, so...
Camp Heritage
August 8, 2022
Greetings from the Laurel Highlands of southern Pennsylvania.
A total of 42 campers and 36 staff members are enjoying the cool mountain air as Camp Heritage gets underway.
Looking out the window of my office, I see the leaves of the trees rustling in a gentle breeze as the surface of Lake Courage is rippling in the wind. It is incredibly beautiful here.
As pretty as our...
Camp Athens
August 4, 2022
We’re off to a good start here. We have smaller numbers this year: 40 campers and 42 staff. It’s such a different feel, but wow, we’re enjoying the more intimate atmosphere a smaller camp offers.
The weather’s what it is in Texas … hot. But we only have two active classes outdoors. Tim Dickey got us off to a good start with his Compass Check...
Midwest Preteen Camp
August 4, 2022
We are here at the Midwest Preteen Camp with 62 campers and 63 staff. On Saturday the camp received much-needed rain. It lingered into Sunday, but cleared out as we began prepping activities and as campers were arriving. For Sunday evening, we had a wonderful smoked brisket meal to start things off. Camper orientation was next, followed by learning the camp song and ending the evening with ice cream sandwiches....
Camp Arrowhead
August 4, 2022
Hello from Camp Arrowhead! We are here with 69 campers and 51 staff. We’ve had a variety of weather—from hot to cool to possible storms and windy. But that hasn’t put a damper on any of the Christian Living classes or activities.
Monday the older dorms enjoyed two different activities—go-karts and zip-lining. All of the dorms have enjoyed doing the FOI project, as...
Camp Agape-Teens
July 26, 2022
We are off to a wonderful start to Camp Agape—our first teen camp at our new location in the beautiful midlands of South Carolina. With 82 campers and 54 staff, this is the largest camp we’ve had in quite some time. The weather has been warm and humid, with an occasional pop-up afternoon rain shower, but nothing that has made us cancel any activities. If anything, the rain has brought a little relief...
Camp Sequoia (Teen) Begins
July 18, 2022
Greetings from California!
Staff arrived on Friday and prepared for Camp Sequoia 2022. Campers all arrived safely by 5 p.m. yesterday, and camp started with dinner, orientation and a ’50s welcome dance. Although many were tired after traveling nearly all day from the Eastern U.S., participation was great, and the campers filled the dance floor.
Today began our first full day of...
Inaugural Preteen Camp Agape
July 12, 2022
Preteen Camp Agape began with a change in weather—from the hot 90s that the Southeast had been pelted with over the past few weeks to the high 70s and low 80s. Though there was heavy rain around us, we only experienced some light drizzle and were blanketed by an overcast sky, with occasional peeks of the sun, which kept the temperature down.
Since this is a new camp, there were a few minor things...